The invention provides a method and a device for prompting printer statuses based on Android. The method and the device are used for an App to refresh printer status information in real time. The technical scheme of the method and the device is as follows: Uevent events based on printing equipment plugging and pulling out are monitored at an application framework layer; when an expected Uevent event is monitored, the status information of the printing equipment is obtained; a first broadcast containing the status information is sent to an application layer by virtue of the build-in broadcasting mechanism of Android; an App registered for the first broadcast obtains the status information. Due to the implementation of the technical scheme, the App is enabled to obtain the status information of the printing equipment in real time when the printing equipment is connected or pulled out.